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A Wake-up Message for Employers or An Ounce of Prevention…

FDR Safety

What’s often missed and not understood is the in-between, where tasks are not minor servicing but LOTO is not feasible. In situations where LOTO is not feasible, an ALTERNATIVE METHOD is needed. Why wait for an OSHA inspection to occur before taking action? Without a documented procedure, a serious injury is waiting to occur.

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Early Collaboration: The Key to Commercial Construction Risk Mitigation

HardHatChat

Early Engagement for Improved Decision-Making Engaging GCs early provides Directors with critical insights that enhance the project’s overall design and feasibility. Establishing benchmarks, routine inspections, and performance testing throughout the project helps ensure that construction meets design specifications and regulatory standards.

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Construction project management 101 – Checklist

Lets Build

At the start of any project, a business case must be created and evaluated to ascertain the feasibility of the project. Stakeholders then perform feasibility testing accordingly. Are feasibility study reports, sketch drawings, and working drawings completed, coordinated, checked, and signed off at appropriate times? Initiation.

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Common Sense Workplace Safety

Safety Services Company

Accident and incident investigation plan. Successful workplace safety programs must provide frequent and regular inspections of the materials, operating procedures, PPE, job-site conditions, emergency procedures, safe work practices, hazard communication program (including SDS sheets), and equipment. A lockout/tagout program.

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Safety Programs

Safety Services Company

Hazard Identification and Control: Your company should perform periodic inspections and have procedures of identifying existing or potential hazards in the workplace and eliminating or controlling them. Reports of the incident will be in writing and identify the causes of the accident or near miss occurrence.

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Everyday Employee Safety

Safety Services Company

Incident and accident investigations: Know how to investigate near-miss incidents and accidents. To reduce MSD hazards, feasible engineering, work practice or administrative controls must be used. Be sure to inspect all personal protective equipment and clothing for defects prior to use. Workstation Ergonomics.

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OSHA Fall Protection

Safety Services Company

Poor training, carelessness, inattention, not implementing the necessary safeguards and not wearing the right PPE are the primary causes of on-the-job accidents. When everyone recognizes and corrects hazards, accidents are prevented, illnesses and injuries are avoided, and lives saved. Why We Need OSHA Fall Protection.

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